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6 years 1 month ago #32 by tubesville
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Hi, I'm testing a bunch of 2A3's and noticing that the curves consistently are less extended in the current region for alternating bias voltages when bias points are `10v apart. this is not true of the supplied 2a3 data file where bias voltages are 20v apart, but when i duplicate the RCA curve data points of 10v apart I am seeing this. Does this indicate faulty tubes?
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6 years 1 month ago #33 by admin
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I am having difficulty understanding your question. I am guessing your are talking about where the scan stop for each curve. The condition for stopping curve tracing for each curve is roughly 1.8 times of the maximum power dissipation specified. It is just a coincidence that the curves that are multiple of -20Vs meet the stop criteria at a higher current point compares to curves for 0, -10, -30, etc.

There is nothing wrong with your plot
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6 years 1 month ago #34 by tubesville
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Thanks, that answers my question. So in order to compare etracer curves with the classic curves published by the manufacturers (see attached) I would set maximum dissipation at 2X the published design maximum.

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6 years 1 month ago #35 by admin
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You can do that if you want. But for many of us we are only interested in curves within the max plate dissipation.

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6 years 1 month ago #36 by tubesville
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6 years 1 month ago #37 by tubesville
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I'm looking for any differences or anomalies in comparing new manufacture tubes vs the NOS brands. so i'm try to duplicate testing conditions and visually compare characteristics...

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